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Cpt N Algren

Member
Shaneus said:
Nurburgring TT is closed, homeslice. I only just found out about it when you posted, too :(
Can anyone point me in the direction of where it was announced? I can't remember seeing anything in this thread at all about it :(
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Well its not 12pm pst yet, another 9hours to go! Its mentioned in this blog on their website:

http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/b...urburgring-grand-prix-circuit-time-trial.aspx


Here are the quick details of the Nurburgring GP Time Trial:

Starts: Immediately. Go!

Ends: 2/16 @ 12PM PST

Car: 2009 Peugeot #9 Peugeot Sport Total 908

How: Navigate to the “Leaderboards” menu and scroll down to “Time Trial”. Scroll down to Nürburgring GP and “Press A to Start Race” at the top of the leaderboard. Set your best possible lap time!
Prizes:

- Everyone who enters the Time Trial will receive a limited edition 2009 BMW M5 with fantasy Nurburgring GP safety car livery (see photo above).
 
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CrunchinJelly

formerly cjelly
This has happens before.

I don't think whoever writes the PitPass realises that 12PM isn't midnight, which I believe is what they are trying to say.

So, the time trial ended at 12AM PST.
 
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Jube3

Member
Some pictures I took last week but never posted. Took like 400 pictures after getting my card so I need a little break from that haha.

Click for 1920x1080 versions
 
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Diablohead

Member
X shootemup X said:
Now we need some local leaderboards so we can test and compare laptimes with our RWD and FWD cars.
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I still don't understand why drive terrain was not built into the leaderboards to start with, a silly mistake by the dev team imo.
 
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Pepto

Banned
Very nice pics Jube.

The next patch better include a fix that lets you use a second controller with the wheel to take pictures and navigate menus...
 
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CrunchinJelly

formerly cjelly
So I finally got a table for my wheel, and have been messing around without the pedals to try and get myself used to steering first.

I had this really weird crash, my car was stuck like the picture below. :lol If I accelerated, it span clockwise, if I reversed, it span the other way. I had to restart in the end. :lol

Also lobbed some other pics I didn't post yet.

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The rest:

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Jube3

Member
Cjelly did you get that PM i sent you? I dunno if it went through, was on weak wifi, but it was a rar with the pics.
 
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CrunchinJelly

formerly cjelly
Jube3 said:
Cjelly did you get that PM i sent you? I dunno if it went through, was on weak wifi, but it was a rar with the pics.
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Yeah, I did. Like I said before I found the pictures you sent me were a bit too contrasty.
 
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Will in law

Neo Member
Hello all. Obvious noob here. Just wanted to take the time to say I like this game, and it is tough to go more than 3 days with out at least turning it on. If it weren't for having more than one job and a family, I'd play allot more.

I was looking for info or banter on a rumored wheel supposedly being released that slots in between the Fanatic and the Microsoft wheel. Can any one point me in the right direction. I am not sure how to search on NeoGAF. Please help this undeserving noob.

Thank you ahead of time, and I will continue to STFU unless I actually have something to contribute.

Sincerely,
Will in law. (a boot azz noob)
 
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lord pie

Member
So I splashed out on the GT40 (~ 1.5m credits)

One thing that struck me, the car has HUGE tyres, so increasing the rim size actually has a very significant impact on how the car feels. Forza tyre flex really is quite something.



It may not be the fastest, but it sure is fun to drive :D
 
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Jube3

Member
Clean looking ride lord pie

Will in law said:
Hello all. Obvious noob here. Just wanted to take the time to say I like this game, and it is tough to go more than 3 days with out at least turning it on. If it weren't for having more than one job and a family, I'd play allot more.

I was looking for info or banter on a rumored wheel supposedly being released that slots in between the Fanatic and the Microsoft wheel. Can any one point me in the right direction. I am not sure how to search on NeoGAF. Please help this undeserving noob.

Thank you ahead of time, and I will continue to STFU unless I actually have something to contribute.

Sincerely,
Will in law. (a boot azz noob)
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Post in here whenever you like dude, as long as its on topic join in on the discussion, post pics/tunes etc. :D

Theres a wheel thread here but it didnt catch on like the arcade stick thread did. I think I might have a go today at compiling a list of wheels with reviews for all the systems. Theres 2 madcatz wheels i found on google but neither reviewed wheel. I think there might be a logitech one as well but its at the 100 dollar level. Ill keep searching and make that list. I think Gaf could benefit from it.

I think im gonna keep putting cash on the side and pick up a fanatec. Although I would liketo see what madcatz could come up with if they put as much love into it as the Fight Stick TE (markman make a wheel! lol).
 
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Mr. Luchador

Member
Pepto said:
Very nice pics Jube.

The next patch better include a fix that lets you use a second controller with the wheel to take pictures and navigate menus...
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Oh yes please! Its annoying as hell to have to swap between the two to navigate or design and than race.
 
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CrunchinJelly

formerly cjelly
Will in law said:
Hello all. Obvious noob here. Just wanted to take the time to say I like this game, and it is tough to go more than 3 days with out at least turning it on. If it weren't for having more than one job and a family, I'd play allot more.

I was looking for info or banter on a rumored wheel supposedly being released that slots in between the Fanatic and the Microsoft wheel. Can any one point me in the right direction. I am not sure how to search on NeoGAF. Please help this undeserving noob.

Thank you ahead of time, and I will continue to STFU unless I actually have something to contribute.

Sincerely,
Will in law. (a boot azz noob)
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Only 2 wheels I know of for 360 other than the Fanatec and MS offering are:

- Logitech DriveFX (think this has been discontinued).
- MadCatz MC2 (this has just been re-released)

The MadCatz is more of a budget wheel, really.
 
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X shootemup X

Neo Member
B class RWD, does anyone know what are good lap times on these tracks ?

Sebring short circuit
Sebring Full circuit
Muggelo
Rd ATL
Sedona full circuit

Been working on some tunes and would like to know what are some good lap times and with what cars.
 
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Caddle

Member
I tell you this game is so damn gorgeous. The new track is great with the way they implemented the bumps, the way the engine revs when going over them, and you can really feel everything through the controller this time. Turn 10 need to go back and implement whatever they did into all the old tracks.
 
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Will in law

Neo Member
I have to agree that Nurburgring GP is frikken amazing. On PGR 3+4 I did not like the course but on Forza, it is a dream. I guess that is due to the cars handling in a believable fasion.

As for the jarring and the jittering felt through the wheel. Superb!
 
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Pepto

Banned
X shootemup X said:
B class RWD, does anyone know what are good lap times on these tracks ?

Sebring short circuit
Sebring Full circuit
Muggelo
Rd ATL
Sedona full circuit

Been working on some tunes and would like to know what are some good lap times and with what cars.
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Just check the leaderboards. RWD should be capable of pulling the same times as AWD cars. In our private time attack league people are constantly pulling top 100 times with their FWD and RWD cars.

And as a side note I hope everyone is following @Turn10Studios on twitter. When they hit 10k followers everyone I getting prizes. :D
 
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Jube3

Member
Turn 10 picked up best racing game of the year last night at dice! Uncharted 2 went all return of the king last night lol. I'm gonna take modus truck for a spin lol.
 
Big-ass Ramp

Big-ass Ramp

hella bullets that's true
lord pie said:
Well now it's working now...

Sometimes I wonder what the point of 400+ cars is.

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>:-(
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This right here is why I never play racing games online. People find the one car that's .05 seconds faster, then everyone uses that car.
 
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Jube3

Member
I have fun racing with buddies just for random variety in rooms (muscle cars only, ferraris only on rally di etc). Makes for really interesting races.

New patch twitter:
2/19/2010
Yes, there is a FM3 patch in the works. I will have details once I confirm all the changes that have made it in. ETA on release = 2.5 weeks.
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lord pie

Member
Big Ass Ramp said:
This right here is why I never play racing games online. People find the one car that's .05 seconds faster, then everyone uses that car.
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Yeah. Although to be fair, I was rather pissed off when I posted that :) The RWD hopper is an order of magnitude fairer (and more fun as a result). You meet some very nice people there too.

Perhaps it would be nice if the multiplayer shared some of the singleplayer structure. It would be nice to see a hopper where each race has a new theme, and a semi-random set of restrictions (PI, tuning, type, etc). You would see a lot more variety in the cars, and because of this, I feel you'd see closer racing - it would help balance out players who are generally good drivers to those who have fast tuning setups.

It would also be nice if the sever could detect if the players have the 2nd disk content, downloaded track, etc. Randomly throwing in 2 laps on the 'nurb etc would be nice.

Jube3 said:
... (muscle cars only, ferraris only on rally di etc). Makes for really interesting races.
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There isn't really any reason why this sort of thing couldn't be done in a special hopper. There is so much customization on offer.

One of the best races I've had was a downhill Fujimi Kaido drift, where everyone was in a Charger Daytona :lol
 
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AlanzTalon

Member
So I discovered the latest griefer tactic in Matchmaking....Turn10 needs to nip this in the bud.

If a guy wants to be a dick in the race (spin people out...general douchebaggery)...they can avoid being kicked by immediately opening the "skip track" vote in the lobby...you cant vote to kick them out as long as this poll is up. they just keep trying to skip the track, you cant vote to kick them...next race starts.

xbl user "ima goat lover" worked this for about 5 races until i got tired of his bullshit.
 
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chespace

It's not actually trolling if you don't admit it
AlanzTalon said:
So I discovered the latest griefer tactic in Matchmaking....Turn10 needs to nip this in the bud.

If a guy wants to be a dick in the race (spin people out...general douchebaggery)...they can avoid being kicked by immediately opening the "skip track" vote in the lobby...you cant vote to kick them out as long as this poll is up. they just keep trying to skip the track, you cant vote to kick them...next race starts.

xbl user "ima goat lover" worked this for about 5 races until i got tired of his bullshit.
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This guy is gone.
 
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derFeef

Member
ExtraKr1spy said:
Wow

Turn 10 Studio tour

http://jalopnik.com/5476903/inside-forza-motorsport-part-i-where-the-magic-happens

Weather coming soon to Forza?

bottom set of pictures show wet tracks
http://jalopnik.com/5476893/gallery-inside-forza-motorsport-part-i-the-office//gallery/20
click full size for close up of the picture below

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Either concept art, renders, or PGR5 :D

edit: Uh, semi-confirmed? Jalopnik writes:

Art boards for the Crown Jewel and Sedona Raceway Park tracks. Attention, Forza geeks: There is something very interesting about this picture. Can you tell what it is?
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antiquegamer

Member
ME2 and school (+work) suck all my time from this game but lately I have been fascinate with muscle cars.

Anything new on the next DLC? Muscle car packs would be nice.

Was there a patch recently? Play it the other day and it updated the game.
 
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Diablohead

Member
Some of those photos were used in the forza 3 demo loading screens, I think it's a mix of cg and mock-ups for what they had planned as target renders and such.

"Crown Jewel Test Track" sounds interesting but all I can see track wise in those pictures are the spannish track we have already.
 
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derFeef

Member
Diablohead said:
Some of those photos were used in the forza 3 demo loading screens, I think it's a mix of cg and mock-ups for what they had planned as target renders and such.

"Crown Jewel Test Track" sounds interesting but all I can see track wise in those pictures are the spannish track we have already.
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Probably the internal name because it was the track to show off the new engine.
 
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derFeef

Member
Che, any news regarding the new patch? I am a bit excited because it could be a reason to boot the game up again. I have not played for weeks :(
 
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G Rom

Member
Mass Effect 2 also got all of my attention in the past weeks, so it's been a long time since I fired up Forza 3.

I hope that the update will be meaty as it's been pretty much more than two months since Turn 10 came back from vacation, plenty of time to add features. :D
The leaked DLC includes two french cars, I may be compelled to cave in just for that !:D

Those pictures are interesting to say the least. The track is definitely Forza's Nordschleif. The car models also seem to be from Forza as you can see the typical Forza plain red rear light© in the far left Audi shot.
It doesn't necessarily means that this is Forza 3, it could indeed be PGR5 simply reusing Forza 3 assets and/or engine. I, for one, would be extremely interested to see what Turn 10 could come up with graphically without Forza's physics, livery editor and 60 fps (?) burden.

One thing for sure, this photo was taken with Turn 10 clearly allowing it or it would already be down, add to that what Jalopnik's comment and how Che ignored the photo, it's safe to say, something's up !:lol

Edit : Interestingly, Famitsu's photos didn't show this bottom part back in september 2009.
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lord pie

Member
M5 Gift car is stunning :D Amazing job Jube. I love how well it drifts, you don't have to force it, yet it's very controllable. I love the little details on the roof, nurb' style like the roads.
It also seems Xbox Wheels are out of stock practically everywhere in the UK. :-/
 
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LostVector

Neo Member
Weather effects would be amazing and is sorely needed. Accessibility and mainstreaming the game is great, but realism is the linchpin of the whole concept.

Things like weather, night time racing, and better damage modeling need to progress as Forza evolves. Simply added more cars and tracks is nice, but the entire appeal of these games is that you get to drive a car (sometimes a very expensive one) and do things that you would never be to in real life due to financial or safety issues. Don't forget that, Turn 10.

I want to write a whole essay on this, but I don't have the time right now. I spent a lot of money on Forza 3 to get the most of out of it, but there's a long way for the software to go. Hopefully car porn isn't the ultimate goal of the devs. :)
 
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TheOddOne

Member
LostVector said:
Weather effects would be amazing and is sorely needed. Accessibility and mainstreaming the game is great, but realism is the linchpin of the whole concept.

Things like weather, night time racing, and better damage modeling need to progress as Forza evolves. Simply added more cars and tracks is nice, but the entire appeal of these games is that you get to drive a car (sometimes a very expensive one) and do things that you would never be to in real life due to financial or safety issues. Don't forget that, Turn 10.

I want to write a whole essay on this, but I don't have the time right now. I spent a lot of money on Forza 3 to get the most of out of it, but there's a long way for the software to go. Hopefully car porn isn't the ultimate goal of the devs. :)
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Co-sign.

Also Turn10 gets (more) of my love because of the Homer Simpson poster.

homer111.jpg


Can't play F3 for a couple of weeks, my Xbox got RODD :(
 
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Caddle

Member
The most important thing I notice in some of the pics, is the cars have detailed interiors while playing the game. Come on che why don't turn 10 let the cars have full interiors, if it can't be done for the full grid, then at least for time trials.
 
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Iknos

Junior Member
Diablohead said:
Some of those photos were used in the forza 3 demo loading screens, I think it's a mix of cg and mock-ups for what they had planned as target renders and such.

"Crown Jewel Test Track" sounds interesting but all I can see track wise in those pictures are the spannish track we have already.
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As ExtraKrispy mentioned the bottom pics show wet tracks. One shows wipers turned on. Some show a snow covered track.

These pics are on portable boards and not fixated to the walls...interesting that they allowed a picture of that and didn't remove it.
 
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AlanzTalon

Member
Let's not forget that a lot of the art on those walls is just that...art. concept art, sketches, etc that all may be things cut from the game.

they may have wanted (or even fully modeled) weather effects early in development...but couldn't keep the 360/60 frames baseline...so they were cut. we know even the basic smoke effects bog down the engine...imagine a constant transparent texture following every tire on every car. I just don't see FM3 getting rain as an update.

but the art is cool so they keep them up on the walls to decorate the place. I am not reading too much into it.
 
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